president carry moment frum a big event like this and make any impact on his disputes with congress over immigration, his disputes with congress over budget matters, his dispute with congress over other issues? i think it would be foolish to suggest you can come out of a moment and talk about this. does the president personally get momentum and energy out of this? this is something that happens. in a second term, you often see presidents look to the world stage, obviously this is a sad event, but the president, it was important for him to be part of this event we talked about interconnectedness earlier. it is hard to connect the spirit you are experiencing right there. we don't have anything like that in washington right now. this is a horrible political environment in washington. but sometimes presidents personally get a little extra juice, a little extra momentum out of something and sometimes they surprise us. we'll watch when he gets home. >> it would be nice to be surprised as metaphor, the vice president of china, echoing the same message, with all the disputes and troubles between the united